Cooking-steamer.



, E.C.EV ANS. COOKING STEAMER. APPLICATION FILED IULYBI l9l3- Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

ELEANOR GONSTANCE EVANS, F HAYMAN,

COLORADO,

COOKING-STEAMER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Augn31, 1915.

Application filed July 8, 1913. Serial No. 777,975.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it'known that I, ELEANOR CoNsTANoE EVANS, subject of Great Britain, residing at Hayman, in the county of Park and State 01' Colorado, have invented a new and useful Cooking-Steamer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cooking steamers, for rapidly and efliciently cooking cerials, meats, puddings, etc.

One of the objects of this invention is the provision of a cooking steamer comprising an outer vessel, and an innervessel suspended Within the outer vessel in a manner to provide for the free circulation of the steam over and around the inner vessel during the cooking operation.

Another object of this invention resides in the provision of a cooking steamer comprising an outer vessel and an inner vessel provided with means for suspending the inner vessel within the outer vessel and also for maintaining the bail of the inner vessel in a vertical position to provide for the ready grasping of the handle by the user, when withdrawing the inner vessel from within the outer vessel.

Other objects of this invention will be hereinafter more clearly set forth in the specification, defined in the claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the various parts of the invention, showing the parts in separated relation and elevated one above the other. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the invention, showing the parts in assembled relation.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the outer vessel provided with the ears 2 in which is mounted th I bail 3. The outer vessel 1 is provided with the lid tprovided with the handle or knob 5. Within the outer vessel 1, are the brackets 6, each provided with the slot or seat 7. The brackets 6 are secured upon the inner wall of the outer vessel 1, through the medium of the bolts or rivets 8, at diametrically opposite points to each other, and at a point approximately midway between the top and bottom of the outervessel 1. 1

9 denotes the inner vessel, provided with the 10 having the knob or handle 11. Upoi'ithe outer :wall of the inner vessel 9 are arranged the projections12 having formed therein adjacent their upper ends, apertures for receiving the ends of the bail 13. The pro ections 12 are secured upon the outer wall of the inner vessel 9, at diametrically opposite points, through the medium of the rivets or bolts 14, and at a point slightly remote from the upper edge of the inner vessel 9.

In use, the outer vessel 1 is formed of a suflicient greater diameter and length than the inner vessel 9, to provide for considerable space between the inner walls of the outer vessel 1 and the outer' walls of the inner vessel 9, as well as to provide sufficient space between the lid 1 of the outer vessel 1, and the lid 10 of the inner vessel 9 for allowing the bail 13 of the inner vessel 9 to remain in vertical position beneath the lid 4 of thelouter vessel 1, when the inner vessel 9 has been positioned within the outer Vessel 1.

When the inner vessel 9 is placed within the outer vessel 1, the inner vessel 9 is so manipulated that the projections 12 thereof are seated within the seats 7 of the brackets 6 within the outer vessel 1, whereby the inner vessel 9 is eificiently suspended within the outer vessel 1. The looped ends of the bail 13 of the inner vessel 9 engage the upper surfaces of the brackets (3 at the entrance of the slots or seats? for maintaining the bail 13 of the inner vessel 9 in vertical position beneath the lid 4. of the outer vessel 1, whereby the bail 13 of the inner vessel 9 remains in a position to be readily grasped by the user of the cooking steamer when. it becomes necessary to withdraw the inner vessel 9 from Within the outer vessel 1, thus obviating the danger of the burning of the hands of the person.

The various parts constituting the cook ing steamer may be made of any suitable material, and of any desired conformation, but I preferably form the parts as shown in the several views of the drawings, however, minor variations and alterations may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claim.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the class described, the combination with an outer vessel having a lid and an inner vessel, of brackets secured frictionally to the inner Wall of said outer vessel, seats ets when said vessels are in assembled relaformed 1n sa1d brackets, pr0 ect10ns secured tion, whereby said ball 1s held 111 vertical to the outer wallof sald inner essel for enposltion.

gaging said seats forsnspending said inner ELEANOR OONSTANCE EVANS. 5 vessel within said outer vessel, and a hail Witnesses: f

for said inner vessel secured to said pr0 ec- Gnms'rmn RYAN,

tions and frictionally engaging said brack- WILLIAM P. GWIN. 

